After a year of miscommunication, assumptions and confusion, members of the Oro Valley Town Council are confident they will sort out the town’s complex transit situation. In the meantime, the July 20 vote on the future of funding for the town-operated Coyote Run Transit System will be delayed until September.

A decision rests in the hands of the Marana Town Council about whether visitors to Tortolita Mountain Park may drive through an exclusive, upscale development.

Citing a legal dispute with Marana and the economic downturn, Pima County officials this month asked state regulators for more time to comply with rigorous wastewater standards at the county’s Roger and Ina road sewage treatment plants.

Oro Valley residents may have to wait a little longer than anticipated to affirm a revised version of a plan for the town's future development if the Town Council goes along with a staff recommendation.

The Oro Valley Town Council's handling of a proposed controversial development Sept. 19 left residents in the exclusive La Reserve area somewhat dazed and confused at first, but the bottom line was they got what they wanted, at least for the moment.

After more than a year of study and debate, a proposal for a comprehensive rewrite of the Oro Valley sign code has been completed.

Awarding of a bid for the Twin Peaks Interchange project has been delayed due to a discrepancy between two legal agreements about when the project’s contractor should receive payment.

The Oro Valley Town Council has approved a developer’s request to kill a general plan amendment.

The Twin Peaks Interchange project is moving forward, but there are still several hurdles left before the project goes to bid in October.

Feb. 2, 2005 - Extensive utility upgrades in anticipation of future development in Marana have left a strip of Grier Road little more than a torn-up, dirt path between Sandario and Lon Adams roads.

Objecting to the size and location of recreation areas in a proposed development of nearly 500 homes on 170 acres, the Oro Valley Town Council at its March 19 meeting directed Vistoso Partners to come back with a plan that will make those areas larger and safer.

Kids' safety concerns raised at a Sept. 18 Oro Valley Town Council meeting won the day for opponents of a proposed 160-home development at the southwest corner of Tangerine Road and La Canada Drive.

Contractor Magnum Paving will construct a new deceleration and left turn lane into the new entrance of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, 2727 W. Tangerine Road (just west of La Cholla).

Swimmers from four different Tucson-area high schools might be getting to know each other a bit better these days.

An amended development agreement between the Town of Marana and landfill developer DKL Holdings has been sent to the town planning commission for its study and recommendation.

At the applicant's request, consideration of a "significant" land use change for a new construction and farming equipment business in Marana has been delayed two weeks while the company meets with nearby residents concerned about its impact.

The jobs of more than 30 government workers were spared last week.